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ounding the
first lap
in
I lth
place
in a ls-lap race isn't
where Team
Honda's
Andrew Short
wanted to be.
But when the Lites West
main event was over
at Anaheim
I,
Short
was
standin8 exactly
where he wanted to
be
- on the top step ofthe
podium.
After
gettinS
to
the final via a win in his
heat race, short
certainly
had his work
cut
out for him when
he
got
a bad
jump
off the start
and was mired in the
middle
of the
pack
as the 22-rider
field rounded
the first turn, But Short
was up
to the
task,
pretty
much
picking
off at
least a
rider
per
lap until
he was in second
place
at the halfway
mark. His
most
profitable
lap came
on the second
go-around,
when
he
picked
ofI
four riders in
quick
succes-
sion. The rider,
however, who
gave
Short
the
most
grief
was
newcomer
Ryan
Villopoto, who led from the
get-8o. But
Short eventually
ran
Monster Energy/
Pro CircuiVKawasaki's
Villopoto down.
passed him on
the lOth lap, and rode off
to victory-
lt was
quite
the
performance
from
the rider from Colorado.
"l
didn't
get
a very
good start in the
rnain, and ldidn't even
know lwas in
the lead." Short said.
"l
thought
maybe
fGrant]
Langston
or
[Nathan]
Ramsey
or somebody
had checked
out by
then,
I was happy when
I finally figured
it out in the end.
I was
iust
trying to
ride consistent-
lt was
good,
and I was
happy
for Honda; we worked
hard
during
the off season."
Luckily for Shon, Grant
Langston,
the other heat-race
winner, and
Nathan Ramsey had
worse starts than
he did. and he didn't
have to
mess with
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18, 2006
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